[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 26th Feb. To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 27th Feb. Daily Enc.

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A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Sunday, February 26th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The role or mission of youth
is to create a new history,
(to achieve things that have never been done before.)
It is up to you, our youth, to initiate action.
Today, too, let's cheerfully and vibrantly,
challenge ourselves to reach out to others
and progressively converse with more and more people.

Sunday, February 26th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Winter always turns to spring."

(Winter Always Turns to Spring - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 536) Selection source: Myoji no Gen, Seikyo Shimbun, Feb. 26th, 2012

Monday, February 27th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The "Bodhisattva Never Disparaging" (20th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra teaches that in the distant past after the death of Buddha Awesome Sound King, in the Middle Day of the Law, a bodhisattva named Never Disparaging appeared. Whenever he encountered someone, Bodhisattva Never Disparaging preached the "24-character Lotus Sutra," bowing respectfully and praising them: "I have profound reverence for you, I would never dare treat you with disparagement or arrogance. Why? Because you will all practise the bodhisattva way and will then be able to attain Buddhahood." (LSOC20, 308)

"Bodhisattva Never Disparaging believed that all living beings possess the Buddha nature, and so saying, he knelt placing his hands together in a gesture of reverence.

"But people reacted to his words with anger and hatred. Disbelieving what Bodhisattva Never Disparaging said, they defamed and cursed him, set upon him with sticks and staves, and threw roof tiles and stones at him.

"Still, Bodhisattva Never Disparaging said, "I have profound reverence for you," and continued to show respect for his attackers. He never stopped bowing to them.

"The sutra teaches that those who disrespected and attacked Bodhisattva Never Disparaging at that time spent a thousand kalpas in the hell of incessant suffering, but in the end, because of the connection that they had made from hearing the True Law from Bodhisattva Never Disparaging, they were able to attain Buddhahood."

SGI Newsletter No. 8458, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 2, Shared Struggle 16, translated Feb. 23rd, 2012.

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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
SEINEN NO SHIMEI TOWA
REKISHI O TSUKURU KOTO DA.
KODO O OKOSU KOTO DA.
SA KYO MO IKIIKITO
TAIWA NO MICHI O SUSUMO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO NARU
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1253)

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